He was a creator of talent rare, whose works earned great reknown,
and jealousy in equal measure, from those much lower down.
He labored beneath a city vast, ruled by lust and grift and gun,
where much work was accomplished, to ensure little else was done.
Shortly, a savage band assembled, around the maker’s domain,
with precious little consistency, official concern was feigned.
“His wonders he shares not yet enough, and so unto the flame,
his worldly arts and life, to avenge the affliction of our shame.”
Loosed from the throng were feral cries, as the fire ate all away,
“The villain was at long last dead, the people have won the day!”
Yet months after that fateful encounter, without the maker’s sway,
confidence in the system’s operation began a sure decay.
Despondent, a former acolyte of the creator, sat a lonesome bar,
and drank in mournful silence, and dreamed of faring far.
There in the corner he spied, suddenly, a odd man, robed and pale,
who seemed somewise familiar, and so he gave him hail.
The stranger raised his head, and to the drinker’s great surprise,
found none other than the maker—xanthous luster in his eyes.
“Tell me, man, what are you, that could escape that fiery suit?”
The maker turned to the souse and answered: “I am absolute.”
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